Eireann — girls' name
33 babies named Eireann in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
67% of everyone ever named Eireann was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Eireann in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eireann
The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Eireann between 1998 and 2009, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Eireann currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eireann performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Eireann shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eireann in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 33 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Eireann at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Eireann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1998
- Peak year (1999)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
33 total births across 12 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 6 births in a single year.
Eireann by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 22 births that decade — 67% of Eireann's all-time total
Eireann decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Eireann's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.